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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-10-15
A SpnniSk WOlman's Crime,

There is something peculiarly
shocking 10 circumstances under
which q murder has just been com.
mitted at Orantava, in Spain.
Years ago, it appears, a young man
"a native of that town-emigrated
to America, in the hope of making
a fortune, and having. to some ex-
tent, succeeded, he returned to his
native place recently, Shcre his
aged parents still resided. He stop.
ped at the house of bis parents, who
did not recognize him, and after
asking hospitality Of them he conid.
ed n bis mother u purse containing
a large sum OF money. The sight
Of this treasure excited the cupidity
0: the woman and induced her to
murder the traveller by Draining
him with q Ratchet while asleep.
After she was arrested size learnt
that she had killed her own child
and displayed neither regret nor
remorse, merely observing that be
ought to have revealed his identity.
To rctura home after years OF
absence to be butchered by ones
own mother, is indeed a tragical
fate.-From a Madrid Letter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-10-15
Abberille Wlrridiunal.
The Farmer md Poultry.

Fannie Field" in the Prairie
Farmer. disc"urses on poultry and
the farmer, as follows:
Many poor farmers arc reluctant
to take poultry Or eggs to market,
because of a false pride. They re-
gard the business of keeping fowls
as out Of their sphere and a kind Of
old woman's occupation, with which
they cannot afford TO NEEDLE. At
the same time the thrifty wife may
he making more clear profit on poul-
try, than the farmer mikes from a
small farm. There are thousands Of
such farmers in the northwest. 1t
is no wonder that sometimes the
wife gets the idea that john is slow,
and not trying to pull his half Of
the load. He docs not even lend
encouragement to her efforts. He
grumb|es about the food they cor.
snme, and takes no interest in build.
ing. houses or ceops. He even de-
cIares that poultry is a positive de-.
triment, and points to the struggling
garden as q proof, when the real
canse Of failure is, that the same
piece Of ground is planted year at
ter year with no fertilizer. he nes.
er compliments his wife for the nice
chickens or fresh eggs she serves on
the table, from her thrifty poultry
department. False ideas about
poultry are not possessed by all
small farmers. There are many
Young men who have retained from
their boyhood experience an inter.
est in the way of egg production,
and give hearty cooperation with
the wife. They enter as heartily
into planning and buildings chichen
house. as for a horse stable or q hog
pen. They feel a glow Of pride when
the economical wife take, enough
eggs to town to pay for the groce.
ries or soils enough chickens in win.
ter to pay Tor a much coveted sewing
machine. One of their pleasnres is
to eulogize the good things present
ed on the table from the poultry
house.
"The use IF tools. and the con.
-%structlon Of coops, nets. etc, have
been SO carefully concluded from the
reduction of most women, that eff.
forts need TO he supplemented by
those of her husband. While the
selection of a suitable breed. If pure
bred fowls are desired, need not in.
terest him so much as the selection
OF q breed of cattle for his barns s;
still the matter Of breeds in poultry
is worthy as great minds as his own.
The plan Of a permanent poultry
house, when the time comcs to afford
one, should command his wike awake
interest. How to make the poultry
pay for a fence around the garden
should be of'intcrest to all. Poultry
hooks read aloud in the family cir.
Gle. should he alike Of interest to the
wife aud husband"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-10-15

To iIudicious feeding is credited
a large amount Of the fatality among
our hogs. Under the existing cir.
cumstances it would be we'll to care.
fully study all matters relating to
feeding. We are in deep and we'll.
worn rpts, and there are, no doubt,
dangerous, rough places that must
be removed. or leave these old marks
altogether Tor new ones.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-10-15

An official test Of Lieutenant
Zalinski's dynamite gun vas made
on the Goth at Fort Lafayette in the
presence of Secretary Whitney and
representatives of the French, Spanish
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and
japanese governments. The target
was an old 8O-ton schooner.
1t was buoyed 70 that it would not
sink and become an obstruction in
the channel, but when the tests
were over there was not enough
left Of the vessel TO obstruct any
thing.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-10-15

Foreman, Edw 200 acres. nd L..
diaK bayou, S by Walter Foreman ~
Garland Foreman, W by Neville Fanii
100 acres, I'D II by H A Burt. ! 1 !
Jos Trahan, in Prairie Greis-M sy
adjoining Alex Broussard in p susss
Cove, poll l 90, parish II 10, s1a,s
10 A. sss1e
Guldry, Anatol las acres. sw4
tp II, 81 | east-1o0 acres, bd n b. n.
bayou Queue Tortue, poll l %. n,r 10
7 50, state 4 SO. pe'aa
Hebert, Alcide mrs bd n BY Ono,;-.
Trahan, S by Theozime Leleu nas;us1
l 81, state l %. pSisa
Richard, Augustin 80 acres. nd
Alex Mire, S by T Petry, g by Onasoy
Gaspasd, poll l 90, parish 4 S.. a1s.s
275. ''alS
SIXTH WARD.
Broussard, Eugene T4O4l-lm ae,..
ne4 of set, sec 4, tp II, ST | east ~;
l 90, parish Zoe, state 36c. a"'
Broussard, Anastasie mrs 161 .o...
in ne or and s half of NV or. sec ;, !,
one east, parish 2 Il, state | 45.
Benoit, Augustin 81 35-loo acre, n
OF ] of sw or, sec %, tp IL, ST eas,
parish SO, state So.
Breaux, Evina 16l acres, 81 Of "a :,
OF 81 Of sw or, g 6, tp II, ST 2 ea s,
PARISH 81, state 10.
Lapointe, JOS and Pierre 16O acrex
I'D Il by Jos Lemaire, S by Eloi Harrinv
ton, parish 2 40, state l II.
Umor!, JOS 1 lor hst OF I G,idry.
40 acres. INV o. of NV ar, sec l2 tn X
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Gn;drv Arc,ao p ca 800.
=, to"I 10 Ok "eies, 81 lWt
see Il, Up 10, ST : east, parish i %,
state 81.
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derson Roberso,,. w nv Then1ima 10y an
poll 81, parish S. S. state Al II 'a0vatu,
Hebnrt lbs / 100 acrss III :
D M,auy. " by Il,ee Tehrt4s Z, posls
II BY J J Abs,aire, > by B Sicily. = IvnGMn
Meaux-s acres, bd n hy 4 Hsbar, .yunn
Heherr. Z by Vernil;ou !. iasls 4 : W
4 35 state . q.
Lemaire, Jos 50 acres. hd n h. John
I"maire, s hy ,Toups' claiTn, 9 by ] Henry
Pltnani, poll 81, parish 0a state q.
los Lenaire, L by Pierre Harrinssou. and
Mfrs. .Joa So acres, nortion If nj If g..
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, Queue Tortue. poll 81. parish u Il = 800 ~
TS3. - sesse
Neaux, Artoiae 1ho acres. mel. ser 1 ~
10. er cast. par;sL 2 20. III 1iP
SUR. .Jean BE 20 acres. hi ! hv .lo~
Dartez. in tp II. ST 2 east. nov 81 na a;,S
! / T5. state o9r. s-'aa
schoxna;Ider. Francois T for r;fa M
! acres, SCI. ser 81. to 1a. Ar l east nail II M
parish $ 81. state 8 d
Segura, Rene n Sl4 acres. BID \ br rlo
2,rouSsarl = nv r Random ~ hv Toan. .
nv r LYONS. narisb sia 57l STATE 4 luapa's
Ihibodes,,S. Beloni $50 acres. M ~ -
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
A Business Lady.

Our gallant contemporary of the Kyle
Times very appropriately indites 'leader''
In praise of fair and excellent lady of this
county. Hear him:
We are glad to learn that Kyle lady, the
daughter of the ever to be remembered e..
Nance, Mrs. Julia Mitchell, has caused to
be erected on her home farm one of the
most complete dairy houses in the state,
and in this matter she takes the lead of oil
compeers. The milk house is O substantial
stone erection, 13 feet high, 6 feet of the
height being sunk beneath the level of the
ground, with steps descending to the lower
basement, The interior is furnished with
all the necessary fixtures to carry on an ex-
tensive dairy business. Air chambers run
through the building, making it as cold as
an ice cellar. The demand for gilt-edged
butter at the Mitchell place is much greater
than the supply. Mrs. Mitchell is the hap
py possessor of one of the best small herds
in the state, 30 that visit to her place
might be interesting and. very possibly in
structive to many of our readers, as it could
hardly fail to affect the laudable object of
shedding light on the matter of dairying
1--WE had almost said scientific) processes,
which the best dairymen and dairywomen
of our county must adopt to make the most
of the abundant material at their command,
and take their place in the worlds history.
So we say success to Mrs. Mitchel's under
taking, and may others before long follow
her example,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
Death Of John B. Finch.

BosToN, Oct. 4.-John B. Finch,
Chairman OF the National Committee
Of the Prohibition party and head of
the world wide Order Of Good Tenn
plars, fell dead last night a little after
IL o'clock in the Eastern Depot Of
this city. He lectured at Lynn in
the evening, but did not seem in his
usual spirits. Stepping from the car
to the platform, he had not taken o
dozen steps before he dropped. Med
ical Examiner Stedman was sum-
moned and pronounced his death to
be the result of heart disease.
Mr.. Finch was scarcely more than
irty-five years old, but his giant in
tellect and unparalleled sagacity pc
culiarly fitted him for leadership He
was the greatest man in his chosen
field in the world, and there is no one
who can take his place. As head Of
the Prohibition party be had proven
himself, not only statesman to the
manner born, but politician Of the
highest order Of ability. He knew
men intuitiyely, and could come as
near guaging political election and
its result as any man in America. He
it was who, when the Republicans
were trying to steal the election in
1884, telegraphed first from New York
city that Cleveland was certainly
elected. He was brave, fearless, hon.
est and able, and as an organizer, or
ator, statesman and politician be had
no superior in any party in this coun-
try.-Waco Advance.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
Deafness Can't be Cured

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way TO cure Deaf
ness. and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition Of the mucus lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube gets inAamed, you have a rumb-
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, hear
ing viii be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inhaned con
difiOn Of the muc1s surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars
for a.y case Of Deafness (caused by
Catarrh) that We can not cure by
taking Halls CztzrTh Cure Send
foF cincular. free
F.J. CHENEY & CO.
Toledo, Ohio.
rTSold by Druggists Is cents
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
VOL. XVI.
TO ADVERTISERS.
The Free Press Recognized by Geo. p.
R0well & Co., as Ahead as an
Advertising Medium.

The well known advertising agency of
Geo. P. Rowell a. Co., of New York City, have
issued an annual Newspaper Directory for
thirty years or more, and these publications
have been generally recognized as authority
as to the matter Of newspaper circulation.
In the regular issues of the Directory they
have included all the newspapers published
in the United States and Canada. Quite
recently, however, they have issued con-
densed list. 1t gives only tho best newspa-
pers as advertising mediums, and hence is
practically better, because moro convenient
than their larger Directory. Four-ffths Of
the newspapers Of the United States are
practically "counted out" by intelligent ad-
vertisers, who only want to know the BEST
Hence the value of the work under notice.
The publishers in the preface we'll say:
1T sifts the wheat from the chaf. 1t di-
rects the attention of an advertiser toward
papers which he'should and ought 10 use,
and tends to intercept portion of that pa
tronage which goes to publications which
cost greatly in excess of any power to bene-
fit which they possess: 1t takes the general
ground, that the best is the cheapest"
We need scarcely say that on this plan,
the FREE PBRss is given by this book (see
page 1881 as the advertising medium OF San
Marcos and Hays county, it being the only
one on tho list. We respectfully invite the
attention of advertisers, both ut home and
abroad, to this fact.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
The Human Auction.

Ho here are lives by the scoro 10 sell,
Up to the platform, gents, and bid;
Make mo an offer, they'll pay you we'll
All Of 'em ripe for the coffin lid.
Here "a q woman pinohed and pale,
Plying her needle for daily bread;
Give me shirt for her-more on sale-
Dying gentlomen-dying l-deadl
A family, six in number, here,
Fresh from q cellar In Somers' Town;
Mother her sixth confinement near,
Father and brats with fever down.
Twas pestilence spoke thon, was II not2
''An open sewer" think he said
Well, his offer shall buy the lot
Dying gentlemen-dying !-deadl
Now, good customers, here's chance;
A thousand men In the prime Of life.
Wielders of musket, sword and lance,
Armed and drilled for the deadly strife.
General Warfare lifts his hand
"a bullet for each," cries the gent in red
No offer but his,-fast howe the sand
Dying gentlemen--dying dead J
A body of toilers, worn and weak,
Clerks and curates and writing mem
Look at the flush on each sunken cheek,
Mark the fingers that grasp the penl
Come, good gentlemen, can't we deal?
Has drudgery's eye for bargains aed2
He offers. at last, the price of meal
Dying. gentlemen-dying dead
George r. Sims.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27

The court Of appeals has rendered
decision in the case Of Bell the
Austin saloon man, involving the val
idity Of the new Hquor law. The
court uses The following language;
.AIl decisions and standard author
tiles agree that the state has the
power to regulate the whisky traf5c-
Then it follows As q corollAry that i
can regulate the mode, manner and
circumstances under which Il can be
sold. and surround tberght with such
restrictiO1s a. nay seen prcPel
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
No. Of Squares.

Yearly advertisers allowed the privilege
of quarterly change.
Business Cards, one inch orless, one year,
Ss. Cards in Business Directory, one year,
50. .u,
Local and business notices will be charged
ten cents per line each insertion.
Advertisements for Schools, Churches and
Benevolent Societies, half rates.
Marriage and Obituary Notices, OF overt ten
lines, charged as advertisements. :,
Calls upon candidates, their replies ana
their circulars, and all notices of personal
character, (if at all admissible into our COL
umns), will be charged rs advertisements.
A GROSS mark upon the paper indicates
that the time for which the subscription was
paid has expired.
All advertisements and subscriptions due
in advance
Any of our friends would do us special
favor by giving us the names of any per-
sons within their knowledge who would be
likely to subscribe for the FREE PRESS, so
that we may send specimen copies to suoh
persons.
Our terms for announcing candidates are
$15 for state and district offices, So for
county Offices, and SO for precinct and mu-
nicipal. Terms cash.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
NO. As.
Two Train Robbers killed.

W. ]. Ernest Smith, an express
messenger on the Southern Pacific,
last week successfully foiled the at
tempt Of two men to rob q train.
Here is Smiths statement Of the At
fair; "When wo were ont of El Paso
about five miles, the train slowed up
suddenly. I heard some shooting
In the car with me was ]. r. Boards
Icy, clerk in the Wells- Fargo Office
at Fort Worth. When We heard the
firing we put out the lights in our
car and retired to the rear end. Very
soon there was an explosion, and .
dynamite bomb tore a hole in the
door on one side Of the front end Of
the car and broke the glass in both
doors. We were ordered out Of the
car. As I went out I laid my six
shooter just inside the door. The
foremost robber ordered us to hold
up our hands. After searching MS he
ordered me to go back into the car
and light lamp. I clmed back,
and he started to follow me. Before
he could do so I seized my revolver,
reached down close to his breast and
fred. The robber fred twice while
falling, and l sent two shots after
the other robber. He fred back and
sent a ball uncomfortably close to my
head. When I found that the SEQ
ond robber appeared to be the only
one left, and that he was trying to
place his dead or wounded comrade
on the engine, I leaned out OF the
door of the Car with my double-bary
relied shotgun, took as good aim as I
could and fred. I saw the robber
sink down, and then I dropped on
my DUCK IN LILO chr'
When Smith shot the first robber
the second one at once tried to get
his comrade on the engine, intending
to uncouple the engine and run on,
but when Smith shot the second
time the fellow started to run down
the track ahead Of the engine and
disappeared. On the following morn
ing City Marshal White and Officer
Ginberson went down to the scene Of
the tragedy, and about fifty yards
from where the train had BEEN stop
ped lay the second robber on his back
dead. Christian Advocate,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27

The malevolence with which the
Galveston. Dallas News pursues Mr..
Reagan is Of itself sufficient TO en-
throne him permanently in the good
opinion Of Texas. 1t is a pity that a
paper so ably edited in all other re-
spects should be champion in the use
of little splenetics. MIR. Reagan nor
his friends could object 10 legitimate
and respectful criticism, but the
course of the News seems rather TO
result from contemplate personal
pique. That is, in fact, the leading
defect of the great daily. Every man
on its editorial force seems to have
carte-blanche to crafty his personal
malice. This is more to be regretted
because the News is q paper OF which
in other respects all Texans ought 10
be proud.-Texas Farmer.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27
A StOck.Raising Region.


In our notes of our trip to the
mountains, we failed to speak, as we
should have done, of that region with
reference to stock-raislng. That must
ever be its crowning feature. The
range is boundless-scarcely any
barbed wire fences to be seen.
Fences are mostly of rock or wood.
But the great body of the country
will hardly ever be fenced. Mr..
Kendall went into the sheep business
and did we'll. The country is well
adapted to cattle. But DR., Kings
bury insists that it sis. best of ell
adapted to the raising of horses
that it is unrivalled for that purpose.
It is also good hog country. MIR.
Irving, who is clerking for Capt.
Scheiner, OF Kerryille, informed us
that very little bacon or lard is i'm
ported for that market, the people
producing at home pretty much all
that is needed.
As we stated in our former article,
there are numerous fertile valleys of
various dimensions contiguous to the
pasture lands, sufficient for home
steads and to produce oil the neces-
saries of life not supplied from stock.
There is something attractive
about this independent ranch life
We wonder it is not more sought
after. In the long run we believe it
would beat going to California.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27

Senator Reagan replied to Hon.
jeff Davis, and in our humble opinion
is a long ways ahead in the argument
Mr.. Davis is welcome to all the glory
he can make in q controversy with
Senator Reagan, especially on the
question of prohibition, for the Sena-
tor has all the argument on bis side
Of the question.-Cherokee Standard.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27

Ernest Smith, the express messen-
ger who shot to death two would-be
robbers of his train few days since,
out beyond San Antonio, is the hero
of the hour. He started bran new
style, which it is hoped will be fol-
lowed hereafter on similar occasions.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-10-27

the plant and next year will make
sugar from both tropical cane and
sorghum. Texas will become the
greatest sugar producing country in
the world"
Mr.. Wilkinson saye: ut is strange
that Southern sugar planters should
come to Kansas to learn the art Of
making sugar. The whole country
owes debt Of gratitude to the men
who have here worked out these
wonderful results"
The development Of this new in
dustry will add untold wealth to Tex
as, Kansas and tho United States.
Only one thing can prevent it, and
that is removal of o tariff protec-
ton. Unless this is effected, impor-
tation of sugar will soon cease, and
we will no longer be dependent up
on foreign countries for one of lead
ing articles of consumption. The
success of the Fort Scott sorghum
sugar mill will make very hard nut
for those to crack who advocate the
limitations of Federal Government
functions to merely necessary opera
tions, and who urge'a tariff for reve-
nue. only.
We will soon have sorghum sugar
mills, and thousands of sorghum
raisers, laborers, mechinists, capital
lists, ETC., oil receiving the protection
of tariff, and oil owing existence to
tariff and experiments made by the
Agricultural Bureau of the National
Government.
The United States Government is
now preparing for series Of exeri-
ments this fall on tropical cane at ex-
Gov. Warmoth's plantation in Louis
lana. The object of these expert
ments is to get all the juice from the
tropical cane, thus greatly increasing
the yield of sugar, at much smaller
manipulating cost, by what is called
the diffusion process, which is the
same as that used at Fort Scott on
sorghum, an important feature In
these experiments the cane, instead
Of being crushed by rollers, will be
cut into small pieces, and in this
shape, pass through juice extracters.
Should these experiments prove sue
cessful, as have those at Fort Scott,
a new impetus will be given to tropi-
cal sugar planting, and many millions
of dollars be added to the value Of
Southern sugar crops.
And it will have more important
result, as the cane will be raised by
small farmers, and sold by them to
centrally located mills.
This is all in the line of modern
civilization which, in it's steady and
tremendous growth, obeys the laws
of nature and of natures God.
One of the most important and
valuable features of the success in
sorghum sugar manufacture is, that
lit will give the Southern farmer and
miller two different crops Of cane,
maturing at different periods, thus
varying the crops, and affording the
miller continuous run of six months
instead of three, as at present.
No doubt there will soon be sor-
ghum furore in Texas, as there is
now in Kansas. Mills will be estab-
lished and farmers will devote part
of their lands to the growth OF the
newly discovered wonder of the veg
etable kingdom. A. M. YoUNd.
San Marcos.